Sin Fro is en: deepgahn Schip = His wife can spend much for the house. (His wife
sails in deep waters)

He kümmt all weller över Westermarkelsdörp ansegeln = He starts to speak very
diplomatic to get what he is after.

lk weet dor nix vann!' sä de Jungn, as de Preester ein frogen dä, wer bi
sin Appeln wes wär,man hett de Kopp so nog vull. = I have no idea, said the boy, when
the preacher asked him "who picked my apples?" One has enough to remember!

De Welt is rund un bunt", sä de ol Tante Menne (Emereutia), eäwer
kunterbunt is dorin to leven! = The world is round and crowded but its difficult
to live in it.

He hett op Burger Brüch een Ticker kreegen = He goes berserk when in the company of
a well respected person and meeting someone below his status. (Or class)

Schüter de Buck von vörn - de Per von achtern - de Menschen aver vor all
de Sieden = Grab the [male] goats from the front and he horse from the rear, but the
people you chase from all sides

De Menschen sünd hüterdogs uck nich beter wordn as freuher", sä de Voß,
as de Buer ein Deuwelsdreck (Asa foetida) opn Stert streit har. = "people
arent any better nowadays as they used to be" said the fox, when the farmer had
poured some devils dirt (Asa foetida), on his tail.

Vel Schwien gev dünn Drank = Many children in the family get meager meals.

Uns Heine föhrt to See", sä de ol Fro ut Landkirchen, as ehr Jungn in de
Puttgorner Wieschen, de överschwümmt wärn, Hei rutbötern müß. = Our Heine is
going to sea, said the old woman from Landkirchen, when her son had to use a boat to get
the hay out of the floode Meadow near Puttgarden.

He is so olt, as de Vitzber Steenkist = He is as old as the stone grave (prehistoric
grave) in Vitzdorf

Dat Recht mütt sin Gang gahn", sä de Jellnsdörper Schütter
(Vieheinfänger), do sparr he sin eegen Koh in. = The law has to be obeyed, said the
animal catcher from Jellingsdorf, when he caught his own cow  [In another mans
field]

Op de Welt let sik leven", sä de Kohharrjungn, wenn de verdammte
Scholmeister nich wär" = Its nice to live here on Earth, said the boy,
herding the cows,- if it wasnt for the damn schoolmaster [When he finds out that
Im missing school]

He strev as en Plogdriever na Fierabend = He gets very busy after work

De beiden lev bettvertörnt = They live separate between bed and table [They
dont sleep together]